Greetings Explorer Families,

Welcome to the 2015 – 2016 school year!  Our staff looks forward to working together with your family to ensure your student has an incredibly successful year. Our team has collaborated over the summer to uphold the tradition of Westlake by creating classrooms that promote engaged and rigorous learning.  Our teachers are ready to meet your family and launch an incredible experience for your child: to be sure you are prepared, talk as a family about what you can do to ensure that all our students attend school every day, on time and ready to learn. Success at Westlake Charter School is a team effort, and when we all work together we can expect excellence of ourselves and our students. The following are a couple reminders about the culture of Westlake that will help every family prepare their student for success:

Uniforms

We believe that our daily uniform is an important part of our school culture. We also understand that some variety helps to engage our students. Therefore, every Friday is a Spirit Day. On Fridays, students can wear blue jeans and a spirit t-shirt or a college logoed shirt instead of their uniform attire.

Important Dates

  • Kinder Conferences: August 12th – August 14th
  • Back to School Night: K -4th Aug 26th 6:00-7:30 pm
  • Back to School Night: 5th-8th Aug 19th  6:00-7:30 pm

Start and Dismissal Times

  • Kindergarten: 8:20AM – 2:35PM [12:45 PM release on Wednesday]
  • 1st – 4th  Grades: 8:20AM – 3:20PM [1:15 PM release on Wednesday]
  • 5th – 8th Grades: 7:45AM – 2:45PM [12:30 PM release on Wednesday]

Attendance

  • It is our highest priority to ensure that all students succeed at the highest levels. To do this, we must have your student in class, ready to learn, on time, every day. Please help us fulfill our mission by only removing your child from school in cases of extreme need.

BASE

Explorer families, I am very excited to work together to make this the best year ever! For regularly updated information, please visit our website at www.westlakecharter.com and if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email our team at [email protected].

Sincerely,

John Eick
Executive Director
Westlake Charter School